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Best Pixel Art Drawing Apps for iPhone (2026)

8 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Drawing.

Pixel Studio for pixel art is the top-ranked of 8 pixel art drawing apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 6,045 ratings.

  1. 1
    Pixel Studio for pixel artS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 6,045 ratings · score 92
  2. 2
    Pixquare - Pixel Art StudioS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 3,262 ratings · score 92
  3. 3
    Pixel Art MakerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 10,635 ratings · score 90
  4. 4
    8bit Painter - Pixel ArtS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 6,685 ratings · score 90
  5. 5
    Divoom: Pixel art communityS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 11,652 ratings · score 90

What belongs in this list

Create pixel art sprites and images by placing pixels on a grid.

Not here: a general drawing app alone; a pixel-style photo filter alone; a color-by-number game alone; a pixel game alone; a drawing lesson alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
Pixel StudioPixquarePixel Art8bit PainterDivoom
A
None at A yet
B
Pixilart
C
Pixel PetzPixelable
D
None at D yet
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Pixel Studio for pixel artS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 6,045 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  2. 2
    Pixquare - Pixel Art StudioS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 3,262 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  3. 3
    Pixel Art MakerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 10,635 ratings · score 90 · best in class
  4. 4
    8bit Painter - Pixel ArtS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 6,685 ratings · score 90 · best in class
  5. 5
    Divoom: Pixel art communityS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 11,652 ratings · score 90 · best in class
  6. 6
    PixilartB
    Free · ★ 4.4 · 2,150 ratings · score 78 · good
  7. 7
    Pixel PetzC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 9,981 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
  8. 8
    Pixelable - Pixel Art EditorC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 3,383 ratings · score 66 · situational

Questions people ask

What is the best pixel art drawing app for iPhone?
Pixel Studio for pixel art, S tier, ranked #1 of 8, rated 4.7 by 6,045 people.
Which pixel art drawing apps are free?
8 of 8 are free to download: Pixel Studio for pixel art (S), Pixquare - Pixel Art Studio (S), Pixel Art Maker (S), 8bit Painter - Pixel Art (S) and more. 6 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which pixel art drawing app has the best App Store rating?
Pixquare - Pixel Art Studio at 4.8 from 3,262 ratings.
How many pixel art drawing apps reach S or A tier?
5 of 8. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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